Refrigerator



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J. H. EMERT. RBPMGBRATOR.

No. 602,843. Patented Apr. 26,1898.

(No Model.) 2 sheetsfshee-r 2.

J. H. BMBRT.

REFRIGERATOR.

No. 602,843. Patented Apr. 26, 1898.

UNITED STATES V PATENT Eric.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 602,843, dated April 26, 1898.

Application fled July 18, 1896. Serial No. 599,661. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, JOHN HENRY EMEET, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Mom` mouth, in the county of lWarren and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference now being had to the accompanying drawings, and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in refrigerators wherein it is designed to preserve milk or vegetables by the use of cold water or ice, and in which, by the .peculiar arrangement of the several compartments and the connections therewith, it is impossible to overflow any cans standing in the compartments, and by the arrangement of a hollow door placed in front of the icecompartment the ice is not exposed to the outside air when the large refrigerator-door is opened.

My invention relates,further,to the peculiar arrangement and adaptation of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

l fullyillustrate myinvention in the following drawings, which, with the figures of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification like ti gures indicatin g like parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure l is a view in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 1 2, shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view representing one of the upper corners of the refrigerator broken away, showing how the sliding door is constructed to close the ice-compartment. The corner of the deep-water compartment is represented broken away, showing the A-shaped pipe through which the water iiows from the refrigerator-compartment to the deep-water compartment and showing the trap connected with the outletpipes.

Reference now being had to the drawings by numerals, l represents the main body of my refrigerator, the Walls of which are hollow and filled with sawdust or any other suitable material, as shown at 2, the refrigerator being lined with zinc throughout the inside.

-3 is a-half-funnel attached to the end of the refrigerator to receive the water before it enters the refrigerator through the small opening shown at 4. Y

5 is a lid which covers the half-funnel.

6 is the small opening in the partition between the refrigeratoucompartmen t and deepwater compartment, to which the A-shaped pipe is connected.

7 is the Ashaped pipe, connected with the opening 6, each pipe extending down close to the bottom of the deepwater compartment at two corners, through which the water is conducted from the refrigerator-compartment to the deep-water compartment, as shown by the arrows in Fig. 2. By this arrangement of the two pipes bringing the water into the compartment in two places causes a circulation of the fresh cold water over the bottom of the compartment and around the cans, Whereas if a single pipe is used the water rises directly to the surface and does not produce shaped and extending up above the water is open at the top and provided with a lid 8, to prevent insects or trash of any kind getting into the pipes. The lid is represented as being lifted oft of the pipe in Fig. 2. The pipe 7 being open at the top makes it easy of access if necessary to clean them out.

9 is a square trap connected with the outlet-pipe, through which the water flows to the outlet. V

10 is the outlet-pipe, which is connected with the trap and, having an elbow outside of the refrigerator, is extended down and connected with a T-joint to a pipe connected with an elbow to the bottom of the deep-water compartment.

11 is the pipe connected with the bottom of the deep-water compartment and the outletpipe, thereby conducting all of the Water from the refrigerator to one outlet, as shown at 12.

13 is a tap at the bottom of the trap to let out all of the water when necessary.

1i is a rubber plug which can be removed when it is desired to let all of the water out of the refrigerator at one time.

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15 represents the water and shows the depth at which it stands in the compartments, which is higher than the inlet and standing in the half-funnel above the inlet.

16 and 17 represent milk-cans standing in the deep-Water compartment.

18 is the rack on which the ice rests, and is placed inside of the pan 19, which catches the drip from the ice as it melts and conveys it through the tube 2O to the water below.

2l is the sliding door, which is made of zinc and is hollow, as shown in Fig. 3, and Works up and down in the grooves 22.

24 shows a spring-latch which is attached to each lower corner of the sliding door to hold it up to its place in front of the ice-compartment. The dotted lines in Fig. 3 show the position of the sliding door when dropped downfor placing ice in the ice-compartment.

24 and 25 are shelves in the refrigerator.

26 is a perfectly-dry compartment at the bottom of the refrigerator. 27 and 28 are ventilators.

I am aware that prior to my invention sliding doors with ropes and pulleys have been used in refrigerators and that traps have been used in refrigerators; but I am not aware that any refrigerator has been constructed as shown in the accompanying drawings, and therefore I do not claim such features, broadly; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a refrigerator, consisting of a refrigerator and a deep-water compartment, -the double, Aeshaped pipe 7, connecting the refrigeratorcompartment with the deep-Water compartment, extending above the water, open at the top and provided with a lid, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my name in Vpresence of two Witnesses.

JOHN HENRY EMERT. 

